SUMMIT2010 - Welcome

INVITATION

OpenForum Europe Summit 2010:

“Openness at the heart of the EU Digital Agenda”

Brussels, Autoworld, 11 Parc du Cinquantenaire

Thursday 10 June 2010 - 9:00 - 17:00

In 2008, OpenForum Europe had the privilege of hosting Neelie Kroes, then Commissioner of Competition, as she delivered a forward-looking speech on openness and interoperability as a way to improve the competitiveness of ICT markets. On the two-year anniversary of that event, we will have a unique opportunity to hear from Vice President Kroes, now the first-ever Commissioner of the Digital Agenda, her plans for delivering on that vision.

Vice President Kroes leads an exciting line-up of speakers, including Professor Yochai Benkler, award-winning author of "The Wealth of Networks", and Professor Nigel Shadbolt, appointed by the UK Government to work alongside Sir Tim Berners-Lee to help transform public access to UK Government information.

THEME: Delivering on openness is a first order goal for a Europe on its way to financial recovery. Open ICT is a catalyst for economic growth. Open data is a prerequisite for co-creation and innovation in services and digital citizenship. Basing e-government on open standards is the path to efficiency. However, even if we may agree on many of these issues: how do we move from policy to practice?

What are the links between open government, stakeholder engagement, and innovation? How do we balance the benefits of transparency with concerns about privacy and security? How will "government clouds" work and who will own your data?

SPEAKERS, amongst others, include :

• Neelie Kroes, Vice President and Commissioner for Digital Agenda

• Prof. Yochai Benkler, Faculty Co-Director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University

• Professor Nigel Shadbolt , University of Southampton, Director the Web Foundation

• David Drummond, Senior VP Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, Google

• Michael Karasick, VP Technology and Strategy, IBM

• Don Deutsch, Vice President, Standards Strategy and Architecture for Oracle Corp.

• Thomas Vinje, Partner Clifford Chance

• Jerry Fisherden, Director, Centre for Policy Research

• Rishab Ghosh, head, collaborative creativity group, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht

 • Prof. Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Senior Fellow BRUEGEL

• Peter Strickx, CTO, FEDICT, Belgium

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REGISTRATION: To register, please send an email to events@openforumeurope.org

For up to date information on the Summit: www.openforumeurope.org/summit2010.

Kind regards, The OpenForum Europe team

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